W of Speedwell on Rte. 2 off TN 63, Speedwell, Tennessee. County/parish: Claiborne.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 10, 1975. NRIS 75001738.
1 contributing building.
The McClain-Ellison House is a historic house in Speedwell, Tennessee. It was built in 1793 by Thomas McClain, a settler who lived in a cave before building the house, and it was designed in the Federal architectural style. McClain lived here with a large family, including his 14 children from two wives. The house was purchased by Doc Rogers in 1875, followed by Marshall Ellison in 1900. It was inherited by his daughter, Myrtle Ellison Smith, who authored The Civil War Cookbook. Her husband, E. H. Smith, a playwright. The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 10, 1975.
The property includes a historic log smokehouse which was partially rebuilt in 1970, by the replacement of two deteriorated chestnut logs by new oak ones.
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